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A former Republican lawmaker caught a broadcast journalist off guard on Monday when he dropped a four-letter word while delivering a blunt assessment of how he believes the GOP-controlled Congress will operate next year.

Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.”

A former CNN anchor unleashed a profanity-laced tirade on his podcast while talking about a rift that has grown in MAGA world between the right-wing tech crowd of Silicon Valley and President-elect Donald Trump's base.

The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law and plunged the country into crisis.

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, some Joe Biden staffers have accused Vice President Kamala Harris behind closed doors of blowing the election, relitigating whether it was even necessary for Biden to drop out in the first place and speculating whether he could have defeated Donald Trump had he just stuck with it and fought past the disastrous debate in June.

Hansard Report: Debates- 17 December 2024

The prisoner, who was repatriated to Tunisia, was never charged. His transfer is part of a Biden administration push to further reduce the dwindling detainee population at the wartime prison.

As part of the ongoing homicide investigation into the death of Turipapa Tukere, a Gang Conflict Warrant has been issued under the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Act 2023.

No, an intern is not to blame for Ford Motor Company’s official X account going rogue on Monday after a series of posts that said: “ALL EYES ON GAZA,” “Israel is a terrorist state,” and “Free Palestine.”

He said the council was a “really supportive organisation” to work for. “The role I have in community safety - it fits in with every department, so I work right across the council," says Richard Hamer.

Event chair and Macleans College school principal, Steven Hargreaves, said Ministry of Pacific People Shane Reti had promised additional funding but nothing has eventuated despite numerous calls to his office, and even to the Prime Minister.

Asian stocks ended the year in the red on Tuesday after worries about 2025 and profit-taking turned Wall Street's usual holiday-period "Santa Claus rally" into a mini-rout. Tokyo was shut on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 posting on Monday its best year-end close since Japan's asset bubble burst in the 1990s.

Manurewa-Papakura's Daniel Newman and Franklin's Andrew Baker said they hoped to continue another term as councillors.

The New Year’s Day fatigue stop in Matatā has been a staple for many years, aiming to prevent crashes caused by exhausted drivers, but this year the event will also be held in Ōpōtiki.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York moved to try to contain the fallout from the death of Robert Brooks, in which 14 corrections workers have been implicated.

Summer for the country's northernmost mayor means the haven of whānau at the end of the road in one of New Zealand's most remote communities.

Organisers announced that outdoor events would be cancelled on New Year’s Eve due to public safety concerns.

Ian Cramer, the 43-year-old son of Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, led the police on a highway pursuit that killed a sheriff’s deputy.

This Kiwi mayor was thrilled when the president-elect won the US elections: "It's great because it's the end of woke."

The team who enforce rules on the water in the Bay of Plenty are anticipating a busy few months after dishing out 150 infringements last summer.

Prosecutors are accusing an Austin, Texas, 17-year-old of animal cruelty after allegedly poisoning another student's pet goat, the Daily Mail reports.

Police extends our condolences to his whānau during this difficult time.

John Sanday has been elected as Chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union.

An advocate for redress for survivors of abuse in the Catholic Church and other Faith-based care in New Zealand has been recognised in the New Years Honours list.

The unsettled weather will continue over much of country on Tuesday, with parts of the North and South Island likely to get off to a soggy start.